Old Testament Textual Criticism

Old Testament Textual CriticismA Readable, Updated Introduction to Textual Criticism This accessibly written, practical introduction to Old Testament textual criticism helps students understand the discipline and begin thinking through complex issues for themselves. The authors combine proven expertise in the classroom with cutting edge work in Hebrew textual studies. This successful classic (nearly 25,000 copies sold) has been thoroughly expanded and updated to account for the

Campbell reflects on the reception history of Paul's letters

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" he engages and mines contemporary hermeneutical theory in service of the church

he proposes a post-critical paradigm shift that recenters study around God

They also show how the New Testament writings provide basic material for Christian doctrine

Here a recognized expert in early Christian theology teaches orthodox Christology by explaining the false starts (heresies)

a leading expert on the social world of the Bible offers students a reliable guide to the manners and customs of the ancient world

This historical structure provides the basic framework for his text

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Combining expertise from a mission scholar and a working pastor

and serious lay readers

She encourages us to reorient our gaze from diseased cultural forms and fix our eyes instead on works from the historic Christian imaginative tradition that better reflect the love